Support fixture for hangings or for clothes hangers



Nov. 27, 192& 1,693,408

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Patented Nov. 27, 1928.

UNITED STATES LAURENCE A. SMITH, or KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

surronr FIXTURE FOR nanemeson FOR CLOTHES HANGERS.

Application filed August 10, 1927. Serial No. 211,998.

' This invention relates to extensible sup- 7 ports adapted to be usedfor window shades, window hangings or for closet poles for hangingclothes. f

The invention has to do more particularly with a toggle arrangement orconnection between two channels upon the ends of which are pressureclamps, the construction being-such that the channels when in alignmentare held rigidly as a solid unitary rod or pole between the side framesof the window or between the walls of the closet or elsewhere where asupport of this character may be used.

Figure 1 is an elevational View of the lintel of a window with thesupport in posi tion.

Figure 2 is an enlarged detail of the pressure or fixture plate.

Figure 3 is an edge View showing the arrangement for attaching thefixture plates to the channel bars.

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken through the channel bars.

Figure 5 is a top detail view of the fixture plate shown in Figure 2. IV

Figure 6 is an enlarged detail of the conneotions between the twochannel bars.

Figure 7 is a side view showing the pres sure members used for thecloset fixture.

Figure 8 is a face view of the members shown in Figure 7.

Figure 9is a side view of the closet bar or pole in position between thecloset walls.

In the drawings, Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 refer to the fixture forwindow hangings and window shades. Figures 7, 8 and 9 show the closetbar construction.

Referrin to the drawings, at 1 is shown the lintel o a window frame, theside frames being designated as 2, the hanging support of the fixtureconsists of a channel bar 3 and a second channel bar 4 slotted as shownat 5. The bar 3 has at its end a lug 6 which has a curve shape and isadapted to engage one of the slots, as shown in Figure 1. At the outerends of the channel bars are affixed the fixture or pressure plates 7.These plates have a flat face and are turned back as shown at 7 to forma recess for the resilient pads preferably of rubber shown at 8. Thesepads contact the inside of the window frame, and due to the pressureimposed upon the pressure plate or the fixture plate by the channel barswhen in an aligned posltion, hold the fixture rigidly in place upon thewindow frame. The manner in which the bars are placed in position willbe explained. On the face of the fixture plate are attached the tubebrackets 8 for curtain hanging rods,

and shade brackets 9 by means of which the window shades are supported.

The fixture or pressure plates areremovable from the'channels; they arefastened to the channels in the following manner:

From the turned back portion 7 of the fixtureplate 7 is stamped orpressed out a tongue 10 and a support ledge or rest 11. In the ends ofthe channels are notch shaped apertures 12 shown in Figures 2 and 5. Thetongues 10 are hooked into the apertures and the bottom closed portionof the channel is supported between the rest or ledge 11, Thus thefixture plates are easily removable and are held rigidly when thesupport members are in position. I a

The channel bars lying onewwithin the other, asshown in Figure 4, areextended so that the fixture plates contact the side frames of thewindow in which the fixture support is to be placed. The support is thentaken out of the window frame and extended one notch or one slot and thelug 6 inserted in the slot 5 of the opposite channel bar 4. The channelbars are then again inserted in the window as close to the lintel aspossible and the'barsbrought in alignment wh ch extends the pressureplates or fixture plates against the frame holding the entire structurerigidly in position. The ring clamp 13 shown in Figures 1 and 4 is slidover the two channel bars to lock them in position.

To remove the fixture support the clamp 13 is slid onto the channel 3and the bars broken from alignment, at which time the pressure upon thefixture plates is removed and the entire support easily taken down fromthe frame.

The construction of a closet pole or bar shown in Figures 7, 8, and 9 isidentical to the fixture support in so far asthe channel bars 3 and 4are concerned. The channel bar 3 having the lug 6 engaging theslots 5 ofthe channel bar 4 and the construction held in alignment by means of aring clamp 13, is shown in Figure 1. The pressure members 7 at the endof the channel bars are fastened to the channel bars similarly to themanner in which the fixture plates were attached except that in place ofthe support ledge 11, shown in Figure 3, there is a cut or slot in ridge14, formed in the pressure member 7, a slot 15 which serves as a restfor the narrow side of the channel. The wide sides are vertical legs ofthe channel abutting upon the pressure member 7 on both sides of thepressed out ridge or raised portion 13. p of the raised portion areindentical in construction to the tongues 10 in the fixture plates ofthe window fixture support. Likewise the I channels have notchedapertures 12, shownin Figure 7 and corresponding to the apertures 12,shown in Figures-2 and '5. Although the-fixture adapted to be used inconnection with the fixture support is used as a relatively simpledevice, it is contemplated-by the invention that any suitable thechannels.

type of fixture may beheld at the ends of Furthermore, while theinvention has been adapted to but two uses,

namelythe window fixture support and the. closet pole, it is appreciatedthat the toggle arrangement may as well .be used in other I ways and itis the purpose of the disclosure not vto. limit'theinvention to thepurposes shown. V

I also contemplate using my device as a lateral'support in connectionwith construction work such as in trenches and in con- ,creteconstruction for holding forms.

In such cases, it would be used as a lateral support or a support forvertical walls.

The novelty of theinvention lies primarily in the use of a slottedchannel bar having a second bar with an engaging member adapted to beinserted in the slots of the first bar and a clamp for holding the barswhen brought in alignment. Further novelty is thought to lie in themethod of adapting the end pressure members by means of the tongue andsupport rests for the channels.

I I claim'as my invention:

1. In a device of the character described, two telescoped channels, saidchannels ad- The tongues 10, cut out j ustable as to their'combinedlength, pressure contacting members at the outer ends-of the channels,one of said channels having a line of apertures in its bottom, a tongueat one end of the other channel adapted to be inserted through any oneof-the apertures of the apertured channel to produce toggle engagementbetween the channels, and means for holding said channels in alignment.

2. Ina device of.the'characterdescribed, a pressure.contactmgmember anda rod member detachablyconnected together,one of said members beingformed of sheet metal and havingan integral tongue and a ledge, theother member resting on said ledge and having an aperture into which thetongue extends, said tongue being removable from the aperture byrelatively moving said members.

duce toggle engagement between the. mem-' bers, each member beingprovided at its outer end with an aperture, and pressure contactingmembers arranged at the ends of the rod and each provided with a ledgeto support the rod, and a tongue arranged on each pressure contactingmember and engaging one of the apertures in the outer end of the rod fordetachably connecting the rod to the pressure contacting members.

, LAURENCE A. SMITH.

3. In. a device of the character described, 7

